Top Things to do in Northern Mariana Islands
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What to do and see in Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Mariana Islands: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Discover the best top things to do in Northern Mariana Islands, Mariana Islands including Concrete Jesus, Puntan Sabaneta, Atomic Bomb Pits, Suicide Cliff (Tinian), Old Japanese Cannon, Saipan Katori Shrine, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, House of Taga, Suicide Cliff, Kalabera Cave.
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1. Concrete Jesus
2. Puntan Sabaneta
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 209 reviews
Reviewed By rossanas73 - Panama City Beach, United States
Just looking at the ocean you can feel the presence of God, you fill the spirit with peace and love.
3. Atomic Bomb Pits
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 38 reviews
Reviewed By Tommy599 - Two Rivers, United States
This is a very dated report as I was on the island 10 years ago After diving Australia my dive buddies flew home and I went on my own to Saipan for three days of exploring. Took an additional day trip over to Tinian via a small aircraft puddle jumper. I landed at the small airstrip that use to be the Japanese fighter base. Rented a car and drove all around the island looking for any WW II history. My father in law was an Engineer on a B 29 flying out of India / China and then out of Saipan and finally out of Tinian, so I wanted to bring back video for him. As I dove my rental car down one of the remaining B-29 runways I made a video for my father in law simulating what it may have looked like taking off back in 1945. I work at a Nuclear Power Plant in Wisconsin so I was very interested in viewing the two bomb pits. At the time of my visit there was no glass covering over the pits and I was able to drop down into one of the pits to view how the hydraulic lift mechanism was use to lift the bomb(s) up into the B-29 bomb bay. The second pit had been filled with dirt and there was a tree growing out of it (all now cleaned up and a second glass enclosure over it). Right near the bomb pits is the old WWII Japanese flight control building = very interesting. One of the B-29 American runways is in a remarkable status of preservation and is still used by some military groups for training. The second runway was filled with a holding area buildings for Chinese refugees that had fled China. The third runway was TOTALLY overgrown!
4. Suicide Cliff (Tinian)
5. Old Japanese Cannon
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By rosehayes - Wainiha, United States
What I love most about Rota is that you can drive yourself around the island or hire a local to ride around with you. None of the historic sites charge an entry fee and all of the sites are well maintained.
6. Saipan Katori Shrine
7. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral
8. House of Taga
9. Suicide Cliff
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 290 reviews
Reviewed By Jlee7575
Suicide Cliff is at the top of a stunning cliff and is one of the sites in Marpi Point National Historical landmark. The other sites include The Japanese Peace Memorial, The Korean Peace Memorial and Banzai Cliff. Most people (including me) stop first at Banzai Cliff, then the Peace Memorials and then make their way to the top of the cliff to see Suicide Cliff because that's the order they're situated along the road coming from Garapan. What I didn't understand until I was leaving Suicide Cliff and driving back down the road past the Memorials is that the Memorials are at the base of Suicide Cliff and then Banzai Cliff is not far away. When I was walking through the memorials I kept taking videos of the cliff wall because it really is a striking and beautiful sight to see those memorials nestled alongside the cliff. What I didn't yet know that I was taking videos from the bottom of suicide cliff. is So much memoriam one place. If you go to Saipan, take my advice and start this cluster of landmarks at the top of Suicide Cliff.
